C. S. Lewis and his friend Arthur Greeves had a queer relationship. This article approaches it with a focus on desire, sexuality, and literature.
Tag: twentieth century
The Massage Establishments Scandal: Coding and De-coding Sex Work at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
The late-Victorian massage parlour and its promotions became a site of moralistic concern, but could its ambiguous intentions be de-coded?
“Dolled up to the nines to go to a flippin’ public toilet!”: Cruising in Belfast During the Troubles
Does gay public sex help end violent conflict? Perhaps, or at least it makes for a good start.
Contextualising Taboo: Leigh Bowery and the Media
Leigh Bowery’s nightclub Taboo is mythologised as London’s most decadent nightclub of the 1980s.
“Information Pleases”: Dictionaries and Trans History
Dictionaries—in their contested and flawed glory—can teach us much about the multiplicity of gendered and sexual possibilities of history.
A Polymorphous Activist: Mario Mieli
Activist Mario Mieli plays with language and vocabulary as a stylistic and political tool promoting queer and revolutionary ideas.
Dismantling Borders: (Un)Naming the Queer Diasporic Algérienne
In Garçon Manqué [Tomboy], Nina Bouraoui explores nation, culture, gender identity and queer desire.
